?Were excited to now offer our much anticipated professional restoration solution, said Jason Davies, VP Worldwide Sales for BIAS. ?Since we first demonstrated SoundSoap Pro at AES in New York, countless professionals in the pro audio, video, broadcast, music, and media markets have been eagerly awaiting its release. At nearly half the price of its closest competitor, such high quality and easy to use restoration power has never been more affordable. Even customers already using another solution will welcome SoundSoap Pros unique power, flexibility, and professional results.

Four Tools in One an Integrated Approach Rather than splitting the restoration process into separate plug-ins, SoundSoap Pro uses a unique, integrated interface that allows the user to access any tool quickly and easily from within a single plug-in window. Tool navigation tabs are labeled (left to right) ?Hum & Rumble, ?Click & Crackle, ?Broadband, and ?Noise Gate ? reflecting the suggested order in which the operations should be performed, to obtain the best possible results. The tabs even provide convenient parameter feedback, allowing the user to monitor the primary tool settings globally, regardless of which tool is currently selected.

Multi-band NR: Speed, Usability & Performance with a Minimized Chance of Artifacts Many broadband noise reduction solutions (including BIAS entry-level SoundSoap) work by analyzing, or ?learning, a noise profile, which can then be suppressed using a pair of threshold and reduction controls that operate across the entire frequency band. While this can achieve fine results, more challenging noise problems, as well as more discerning ears, demand additional control.

Some products go to the opposite extreme to address these needs, with individual controls for hundreds of frequency bands. But as many audio engineers are aware, this multi-band method can prove to be time-consuming, cumbersome, and confusing ? leading in turn to an increased risk of ?chirping, ?muffling, ?flanging, and other annoying artifacts.

SoundSoap Pros approach to multi-band noise reduction focuses on speed, usability, and performance. SoundSoap Pro groups 512 bands into 12 discrete threshold and reduction sliders ? delivering dramatically enhanced efficiency, ease-of-use, and superb sonic results. The sliders may be easily grouped with a lock button, and 12 vibrant level meters assist in threshold adjustments. When used with SoundSoap Pros additional attack, release, and tilt controls, even the toughest broadband noise can be easily and dramatically reduced, while dramatically minimizing the chance of any inadvertent artifacts.

Enhanced Visual & Audio Monitoring Options SoundSoap Pros tool area features a unique, global, real-time spectrogram ? providing constant visual monitoring of spectral noise that may be in need of treatment. With its intuitive color codes, the spectrogram allows users to discern problem areas and make relevant tool adjustments, all while listening to ? and watching ? the results. Furthermore, users can easily hear the noise they are reducing by selecting ?Noise Only. Unlike Bypass ? which can be used globally or for each tool, and which bypasses the processing ? the Noise Only button allows the user to hear, on a global level, only what is being removed.

These two features allow SoundSoap Pro users to ensure that undesired noise is effectively suppressed ? and that desired signals are unaffected by the restoration process.

Pricing & Availability BIAS SoundSoap Pro is available now through the worldwide network of authorized BIAS dealers and distributors at a suggested retail price of $599 US. BIAS original entry-level SoundSoap remains available at a suggested retail price of $99 US. SoundSoap customers may upgrade to SoundSoap Pro for $499 US. Further information can be found at: http://www.bias-inc.com/soundsoappro

About BIAS BIAS, Inc., a privately held corporation based in Petaluma, California, is an established leader in cutting-edge audio software technology. BIAS' award-winning product line ? which currently includes Peak, Peak LE, Peak DV, Deck, Deck LE, SoundSoap Pro, SoundSoap, and SuperFreq ? can be heard on numerous hit recordings, Hollywood and independent feature films, television productions, websites, video games, and other productions. BIAS, founded in 1994 (as Berkley Integrated Audio Software Inc.), is dedicated to crafting powerful, innovative tools for audio, video, and film professionals, as well as musicians, composers, multimedia developers, and Internet authors.